St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-03
Gould Not Be Swayed More Than Was Sam
Jones' Immense Audience at Min
neapolis Yesterday.
"And We Know That All Things Work
Together For the Good of the Lord"
Was His Text.
The Sermon Pronounced the Best OF
the Revival Series, Producing a
Profound Impression.
A Talk to the Ladies This Afternoon,
the Men to Occupy the Vacant
Seats, II Any.

Sam Jones occupied the pulpit and his text
was, And we know that all things work
together for good to those who love the
Lord" The sermon was especially power
full throughout. Sam Small was not we'll
enough to preach and there was no service
at the Exposition building in the afternoon;
but at night it was packed by an audience
which unanimously pronounced Sam Jones'
sermon the best of the revival series. Dur
ing its delivery the congregation was
swayed as a reed in the winds and more
than once the majority was moved to tears.
This afternoon the great revivalst will
preach TO the ladies, and 'if there are any
moccupied seats in the rear. men are in
vited TO occupy them" The sermon, in
substance, was as follows:
These days of this week are beginning to go
rapidly away, and our work closes not be-
cause we go home to rest and be idle. but be-
cause other engagements call us away.
would love TO linger and labor with you here
six or eight weeks; ] believe you are kind
hearted people; believe you are praying
people. I believe you are interested for
yourselves and your friends. l pray God s
blessing upon you this week ana forever.
This song which we have just sung is a beau
tiful song; nothing sweeter N poetry and
sentiment than this song, "God Is Calling
Ell 1t Is WOnuerlul now lnany LnOuSauQ
calls we have had to Il better life. L believe
it was Mr.. Spurgeon who said if we just
had ears to hear we would have
call every moment maybe of our
lives. Why, when we wake up in the morn
ing and walk down to our breakfast table
our little children gather round our tables,
and as we feed our little ones God says to
each of us parents, My children, if you
will come 10 me will feed you on heavens
bread and angels food. AS a Father pitieth
his children and careth for his children so
pity you and would care for YOU" And when
the morning breakfast is over and you start
out to your business the sun looks down
upon you and gives you another call, as it
looks down upon your in brightness and clear
ness on your pathway and says: 'Oh, man!
How is your pathway? Is it backward or
higher and higher and brighter as the day
goes by" And finally when the sun line
reaches the zenith it looks down upon you
and says: "Oh, mani Here l am just now
starting down toward the hills. Have you
REACHED THE ZENITH OF YOUR LIFE?'
When you get into your room and sit down
and light the gas, the little candle fly calls
you to a better life, to better home. You
see him fly around the lighted gas. You
push him aside and Say you will burn your
self to death. and yet he goes on in spite of
warning and is scorched and burned to
death, and God says MAN, you are doing
the same thing. You are daZZleG by the
things OF this world and the follies of life
and they have scOrched and burnt your con-
SCIENCE" Oh, deur brethren, what fearful
waning have seen men given by the Divine
Spirit, and have seen them rejected-re-
lected, until l could almost see Gods mercy
close in their faces.
have no doubt since these services have
been going on-though this may be the
first one yon may have attended you
have heard the Holy Spirit calling you to a
better life. Every good resolution ever
do tn
heart, every desire to live for God and get to
heaven is under the callingS of the blessed
spirit of God. 1t is calling you to a better
life, to come away from your sins, keep from
all that is bad and evil. and to take up good
principles and live for God. On, God is call
ing by the Divine Spirit, and not only does
by the blessed Word, but. I' dear ar
brethren, do you know in that
Bible from which we get our text there are
no less than LOCO calls to humanity to bring
Us 10 God. That dust-covered Bible at your
home tonight is full of divine calls for you
TO be better man or woman. 1t is full of
calls for you, for your wife, for your chill
dren and for your neighbor, and every call
means not only that you can come away from
sin, but that God is ready to re-
ceiye you and give evidence of His
love and kindness. God calls us by
His word, and look how that word
is scattered over the world to-day. No less
than one hundred million copies of God S
blessed word are scattered broadcast over this
earth to-day. And every human being upon
the face of this earth will get call to come
10 God, to come to righteousness and eternal
life, And that blessed book goes.to your
home. And that book every night IS full of
blessed calls to righteousness and holiness
for each man of you. And not only that but
ful ministers are to-day proclaim.
ing the glad tidingS of salvation
to lost worldP There is scarcely
hamlet, there is scarcely a county in many
sections of the United States where church
spires are not run up and faithful preachers
are not preaching the divine gospel. Men
with authority from GOD to preach the ever
LASTING tidings OF salvation. / know we find
great deal of fault with preachers. / know
scarcely all of us have preaching that suits
US. But, brethren, can say this much to
you tonight, never in all my life sat down
and listened to any preacher, whether ignoran,
or learned, wise or unwise, colored or white.
state he did not preach enough truth to save
1000 such men as me, and as long as there
is enough truth in a sermon to save men, that
sermon is Gods truths preached to humanity
Not does God call me by his spirit but calls
me by his minister's: not only ny his loving
ministers to-day, but calls me by providence
Oh, how many providences along life's path
way. believe in a special providence
believe in u general providence l believe the
eye of God is over all His works.
OH, HOW CLOSE GOD CONES TO Us
in his divine providence. He comes 10 youl
side and takes away your precious wife. That
is the saddest hour in any mans life. l never
looked upon my wite's face when pale and she
was suffering but thought, "Oh, how IN is
world would be burnt up to me if God should
take my wife away from me-" And I say;
How could | spare my chid?" Brethren,
often say: II am going to spend more time
with my loved ones, and then go home and
sit week, and the letters and telegrams will
begin to pour in, and finally | answer: "Now
sir, it's your duty to go, and if you go to put
ting up here at home and having an easy
time, your wife or your children will de- .
And then l say: If you will spare my loved
ones will go off and work. And ! ar
afraid TO go home and have an easy time
And as good is my judge | would
you have been living. Brother, may be Goo
has already taken your mother. Every time
death touches your home ii is a providence
telling YOU to get ready-your time next. AuC
every time we go to the cemetery, then it is
that we make pii9rimages to the grave thai
We will make less and less often until the time
comes and we will be buried ourselves. Where
is the man that never saw the body confined
IN the tomb? Earth to earth ashes to ashes
dust to dust" And brother. you never looked
upon grave that God didn't call you to eter
nal life through that corruption of the grave
Let us study tonight, Oh God, how thou has
called me by touching the loved ones around
me. And my brother, he not only calls you
by the Bible, and by providence, and by
everything you can see and hear, but listen
he not only calls you ten thousand times but
there is fearful fact-you have heard every
one of those calls; and not only have you
heard those calls with your ears, but they
have rang down through the chambers OF
your soul and the most fearful thought oil
all
YOU KNEW WHAT THEY MEANT.
"Because l have called by ten thousand
means, and you have heard and understood